MTD rider mower popping out of forward gear? This is why.

Seen more and more rider mowers for sale with bad transaxles. Usually its an MTD with no forward gear. Bought one dirt cheap. Decided to split the transaxle to show the cause. Hopefully mtd has revised this weak design, but probably won't. If your looking for a new mower, i'd just pay the extra couple hundred for the hydrostatic trans.